Penguins assign defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned defenseman Sebastian Aho to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League (AHL) on Saturday.
Recalled to the NHL club March 11 under emergency roster conditions, Aho (5-foot-10, 176 pounds) had been shuffled between the NHL and AHL rosters repeatedly in paper transactions before Saturday’s assignment.
A healthy scratch for the past five games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has yet to play an NHL contest this season.
With the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins this season, Aho has skated in 17 games and posted seven assists.
A left-handed shot, the 29-year-old Aho is in the first year of a two-year contract with a salary cap hit of $775,000.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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